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Feather | Feather \Feath"er\, v. i. 1. To grow or form feathers; to become feathered; -- often with out; as, the birds are feathering out. [1913 Webster] 2. To curdle when poured into another liquid, and float about in little flakes or ``feathers;'' as, the cream feathers. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. To turn to a horizontal plane; -- said of oars. [1913 Webster] The feathering oar returns the gleam. --Tickell. [1913 Webster] Stopping his sculls in the air to feather accurately. --Macmillan's Mag. [1913 Webster] 4. To have the appearance of a feather or of feathers; to be or to appear in feathery form. [1913 Webster] A clump of ancient cedars feathering in evergreen beauty down to the ground. --Warren. [1913 Webster] The ripple feathering from her bows. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] |
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